Eli5: why is when a bone shatters it can rebuild itself but when a tooth gets a hole in it it just keeps eating away at it

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Eli5: why is when a bone shatters it can rebuild itself but when a tooth gets a hole in it it just keeps eating away at it

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I wonder why humans never evolved tooth regeneration. We get two sets and that’s it. Some animals get new set periodically.

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